BRCA gene test questioned after unnecessary surgeries

BRCA gene test questioned after unnecessary surgeries
By: CBS Health Posted On: June 13, 2025 View: 4

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Seven women in one family had major surgery after a widely used genetic test, taken by hundreds of thousands of people, showed a high cancer risk. One of them says she was left debilitated and unable to have more children. But, years later, the family has learned the results of that BRCA test might have been wrong. Jamie Yuccas reports.

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